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M A P L E D U B IU M .

VILLAGJSS DIRECTOR V — 1 9 1 9 .

h ereabouts affords e xcellen t fishin g for subsoil, chalk. T he chief- crops are wheat,
b oth pike and perch and fo r tro u t in the barley, oats and peas. T h e area is 2,913
w eir pool. M apledurhara H ouse, th e pro­ acres of land and 78 of w a te r; rateable
p e rty of E dw ard F. Riddell B lount esq. of valu e .¿5,020; the population in 1911 was
Cheeseburn G ran ge, N ew castle-on -T yne,
and occupied b y th e Hon. A lgern on Henry
A ssistan t O verseer and C ollector of
M ills, is a fine E lizab eth an m ansion of red
b rick , situ ated near th e Tham es, and Rates. E rn e st C . Cooke, 5 Gosbrook
approached th rou gh a sta te ly avenue of street, C a v ersh a m .
ancien t elm s n early a m ile in le n g th ; the
C o llector of K in g ’ s T axes, J. W . T.
house contains an in te re stin g collection B aylis, 69 W estfield road, Caversham .
of p ictu res, am on g w h ich is a p o rtra it of
M artha B lou n t, you n gest d au gh ter of Post, T elegrap h & E xp ress D elivery Office.
— R ichard H en ry B urden, sub-postL is te r B lo u n t esq. the “ P a rth e n ia ” of
m aster.
C aversh am is the nearest
P o p e ; she died in 1763 ; d u rin g th e C ivil
m oney order office
W a r this house was fortified in support
of the R oyal cause b y S ir C h arles B lount P illa r
L e tte r
B oxes.— U pper
Warren
k t. governor of R eading, w ho w as slain at
avenue, The Chase & New farcn
O xford , 1 Ju n e, 1644; S ir A rth u r Aston
C o u n ty
C oun cil
Schools
k t. governor of O xford, su perin ten ded in O xfordshire
(Tren ch Green), enlarged in 1893, for 80
person th e w ork of fo rtific a tio n ; b ein g at
children
;
average
attendance,
5
6
;
main­
len gth su b jected to an assau lt, it was
tained b y v o lu n ta ry subscriptions &
co u rageou sly defended, b u t even tu ally
governm ent g r a n t; M rs. W oolfall, mist
had to su rren d er, and was then plundered
by th e v icto rs. A ttac h ed to th e m ansion T he Parish C ouncil consists of 6 members,
v i z . :— The Hon. A lgern on M ills (chair­
is a d o m estic (Catholic) chapel, dedicated
m an ), R ev. F ran cis S t. John Thackeray
to S t. M ichael, w h ich the p u b lic are per­
M .A ., F .S .A . G eorge S m ith , John Cox,
m itte d to atten d .
E d w ard F . Riddell
H enry Chown
B lou n t esq. is lord of th e m an ors of
M apledurh am G u rn ey and M apledurham O verseers, E dw ard L ew is D aniels & Henry
Chawsey. T h e soil is chalk and g r a v e l; I Chown

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PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

A u b ertin L ieu t. John D ., R .N . T h e Chase
B ird Chas. E d w d . O akleigh , W oodcote rd
B lo u n t E d w ard R id d ell, T h e F ish ery
B ritte n H arry L e slie , Bungalow
C a rd w ell E rn e st,L y th a m co ttag e, R iv e r rd
Cozens Steph en , W arren cou rt, Upper
. W arren avenue
Dickinson W alte r, L eighton hall
D u ff R obert F ra se r J.P . M ount W arren,
Upper W arren avenue
F id le r W illia m T h om as, W aTren side
F illin g h a m Joseph, Dornden, R iv e r road
F ra m e W illia m J .P . M ilton L o ckh art
H art-D avis Rev. R ich ard H art M .A ., J.P .
R id ge field, U pper W arren avenue
H e w ett Charles E rn e st J .P . C h azey hill,
UppeT W arren avenue
J esse E d w in John S. A venue house, Upper
W arren avenue
K e n d all A rth u r, E a s t C liffe
K ile J . R ose farm
L y d en M rs. Connem ara
M erton H erb ert, Isom er
M ills Hon. A lgern on H y. M apled u rh am ho
P a n th e r G eorge F re d erick , D unelm
S h arp e Thom as, T he K n oll, W oodcote rd

T h ackeray Rev. F ran cis S t. John M .A.,
F .S .A . (vica r), V icarage
W est M ajor E rn e st E dw ard, Belstone,
U pper W a ire n avenue
COMMERCIAL.

Badcock E dw ard,
ch au ffeu r to Hon.
A lgernon H enry M ills
B eard E d w in , fa rm er, G reen Dean farm
B row n J . W . fa rm er, P a rk fa rm
Burden R ichard H en ry, post office
Chow n H enry, fa rm er, B lagrave farm
Chown M aria (M iss), fa rm er, Chazey farm
C la rk C h arles, farm er, N uney green
C ollin s Jonas, P ack H orse P.H .C hazey hth
Cox J o h n ,' carpen ter & wheelwright,
C h azey heath
D aniels E d w ard L ew is, farm er, L ily farm
E llio tt John W . farm er, Hodmore farm
G im b le tt Thom as W . farm er, N ew farm
K id le y S am u el, head garden er to Hon.
A lgern on H enry M ills
M apledurham (W ater) M ills
Robinson — , farm er, Bottom farm
Saunders W illia m , P a ck Saddle P.H.
C h azey heath
Sharpe Thom as, m ark e t gardener
S m ith G eorge, farm er, M ill farm
W oolfall M rs. -schoolm istress,Trench green